KFC Launches Autonomous 5G Food Trucks In China

In China, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has launched a new food truck program, using 5G autonomous vehicles that allow hungry customers to purchase finger-licking good chicken without human interaction.

Twitter handle "shanghaineko" snapped a couple of pictures of the unmanned vehicles with KFC chicken for sale outside a metro station in the city of Shanghai.

In another tweet, shanghaineko shows there is more than one autonomous KFC food truck.

According to Malaysian media outlet SoyaCincau, customers can "place an order on the screen, and it accepts payment via QR-code. After payment is made, the door will open for you to collect your order."

SoyaCincau states the food trucks are manufactured by Neolix, a self-driving logistics startup based in Beijing.

The startup offers autonomous delivery vehicles that are level 4 as defined by the Society of Automotive Engineers.

And it's not autonomous delivery that is revolutionizing the food industry via the adaption of automation and artificial intelligence, White Castle has recently announced it will begin automating its US kitchens.

The virus pandemic is being used as an excuse to automate millions of jobs worldwide.

https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/kfc-launches-autonomous-5g-food-trucks-china

US Navy Rear Admiral Reportedly Makes Unannounced Visit to Taiwan

According to Reuters, US Rear Admiral Michael Studeman paid an unannounced visit to Taiwan in a move that is thought be some to likely prompt criticism from Beijing. The Pentagon reportedly has declined to comment.

A two-star US Navy admiral in charge of American military intelligence in the Asia-Pacific region visited Taiwan without announcement, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources claiming to be familiar with the situation.

The anonymous sources, said to include an unnamed Taiwanese official, said that the visitor was Rear Admiral Michael Studeman, a director of J2 at the US Indo-Pacific Command.

According to the report, The Pentagon and the Taiwanese Defence Ministry, when approached by Reuters, declined to comment on the alleged visit. Taiwan's Foreign Ministry reportedly confirmed that a US official arrived in Taiwan but did not elaborate, only noting that the visit was not made public.

Typically, Beijing objects to US officials visiting Taiwan. Earlier in the week, the government of Chinese President Xi Jinping slammed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler for an announced December 2020 visit.

"China is firmly opposed to any official exchanges between the United States and Taiwan", Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Friday.

Beijing considers Taiwan to be a part of China, while Taiwan refers to itself as Republic of China (ROC). Beijing is highly critical of countries engaging in official relations with Taiwan, consistently claiming its "One-China" principle is rule of law for the island. The policy claims that only one sovereign state can be named "China".

The United States, on the State Department website, notes that the US "enjoys a robust unofficial relationship" with Taiwan, noting that it "does not support Taiwan independence" and insisting it "provides no development assistance to Taiwan". US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently claimed, however, that both Democrats and Republicans in the US recognise Taipei as being separate from mainland China.

During the year, two US officials have visited Taiwan; the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, Keith Krach, and Health Secretary Alex Azar.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202011231081246320-us-navy-rear-admiral-reportedly-makes-unannounced-visit-to-taiwan/

WHO Director Dr. Tedros Moves the COVID-19 Goalposts Right Off the Playing Field

There is a new movement afoot. Even though Operation Warp Speed has delivered two highly effective vaccines and several very promising therapeutics, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director of the World Health Organization (WHO), wants you to know it won’t really change anything in response to COVID-19. His Twitter statement defies the management of any virus, ever. And it only works if you believe COVID-19 is some super-virus that behaves in a way fundamentally different from all other viruses, even other coronaviruses. There is no science to support that.

Remember when Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said we could never reopen until we had an effective vaccine? Now that is not even good enough. Dr. Anthony Fauci was the first I heard to say that a vaccine would not allow us to drop masks and social distancing. Now Dr. Tedros is saying it:

Forgive my incredulity at this statement. It makes no sense at all. First, as of November 12, 2020, 92% of deaths have occurred among those 55 and older. Only 0.2% have occurred among those under 25. With what we know about preexisting conditions, this makes sense.

What is also important to note is that you are still far more likely, no matter your age, to die of something other than COVID-19, even in the most severely impacted age group, those over 85. Here are the numbers beginning in February of 2020:

https://pjmedia.com/columns/stacey-lennox/2020/11/22/who-director-dr-tedros-moves-the-covid-19-goalposts-right-off-the-playing-field-n1166562